Three people who were drunk, exposed themselves, defecated, passed out in the street and threatened members of the public in Ripley have now been banned from the town.

Amber Valley Borough Council went to court to secure civil injunctions against the three, who have caused chaos.

They have now been banned from Ripley for a year, ordered not to sleep rough anywhere in Amber Valley or be in possession of booze in the district either.

A solicitor for the authority told Derby County Court the three people had been drunk and drinking alcohol in public, had shouted, screamed, swore and exposed their genitals in public and also urinated and defecated in public.

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Other behaviour included fighting with each other, threatening members of the public and police officers and also passing out face-down in the street.

The orders are in place until November 2018. A spokesman for the council refused to name the people that had caused the problems but did say they were aged between 40 and 55.

Councillor Jane Orton, Amber Valley Borough Council’s cabinet member for community safety, said: “The community safety team have worked hard to tackle the issues of anti-social behaviour reported in Ripley and will continue to monitor public concern relating to these issues.”

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In September the Derby Telegraph reported how drug users were injecting heroin in broad daylight in Ripley as part of the growing problems. The behaviour – which residents and councillors said was mainly drug abuse – had been most prevalent in the town centre and the Greenway off-road route for cyclists, walkers and horse riders, and mainly involves alcohol, heroin or abuse of Black Mamba, a former legal high.

At the time, Derbyshire police's inspector for Amber Valley, Dave Parker, said the force recognised that drug taking and street drinking were affecting Ripley town centre. He said the aim was to work with agencies and the community to tackle the problem.

“We will also be working with licensed premises in the area to make them aware of local issues.”